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[Controlled Opposition]

The very same posters who continually go on about how much they DON"T care about what posters post...can't seem to stop responding to those posts.

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Do you mean like the way Owl keeps responding to posts of those she claims to have on ignore?

 

[Legion]

The very same posters who continually go on about how much they DON"T care about what posters post...can't seem to stop responding to those posts.

Do you mean like the way Owl keeps responding to posts of those she claims to have on ignore?

Exactly.

 

[Oneuli]

Yes. Clear writing is an ever-evolving process. Mine will continue to improve but perfection will never be achieved.

Your issue with my writing is about a lack of brevity, not clarity. The two are not the same. If I give two good examples where one would do, that's an affront to brevity but does not decrease clarity.

 

[Controlled Opposition]

I've got a girlfriend who has been learning Swedish, so we've got some half-baked plans of maybe doing a week where we hit Stockholm for a couple days, then fly to St. Petersburg for a couple, then another flight to Moscow for two more.

Anyway, "Russophobe" is simply a slur meant to derail the discussion, so they don't need to focus on a person's actual arguments. Ironically, it's just the flip side of what conservatives were doing in the 1950s, when they avoided discussing political substance by accusing liberals of being secretly Red.

No, "Russophobia" is paranoia about Russia. It's that simple.

 

[Life is Golden]

Your issue with my writing is about a lack of brevity, not clarity. The two are not the same. If I give two good examples where one would do, that's an affront to brevity but does not decrease clarity.

Brevity is clarity. The latter can't occur without the former.

 

[Ross Dolan]

You can't dispute any point I've made.

I not only can...I have.

 

[Ross Dolan]

Wake up. Don't be so gullible.

If you are practicing to perfect your jerk-offism...stop.

You've got it nailed already.

 

[Legion]

Your issue with my writing is about a lack of brevity, not clarity. The two are not the same. If I give two good examples where one would do, that's an affront to brevity but does not decrease clarity.

So you say, sock. You suck, sock.

 

[Legion]

I not only can...I have.

Link up. I'll understand if you can't.

 

[Fentoine Lum]

Link up. I'll understand if you can't.

Most don't bother, with you.

 

[Ross Dolan]

Yes. I understand that's your opinion. In fact, I understood that was your opinion before you added those six words to reiterate that opinion. Have you considered trimming such redundancy from your contributions?

I am reminded of a scene from Amadeus:

EMPEROR: Well, Herr Mozart! A good effort. Decidedly that. An excellent effort! You've shown us something quite new today.

[Mozart bows frantically: he is over-excited.]

MOZART: It is new, it is, isn't it, Sire?

EMPEROR: Yes, indeed.

MOZART: So then you like it? You really like it, Your Majesty?

EMPEROR: Of course I do. It's very good. Of course now and then - just now and then - it gets a touch elaborate.

MOZART: What do you mean, Sire?

EMPEROR: Well, I mean occasionally it seems to have, how shall one say? [he stops in difficulty; turning to Orsini-Rosenberg] How shall one say, Director?

ORSINI-ROSENBERG: Too many notes, Your Majesty?

EMPEROR: Exactly. Very well put. Too many notes.

MOZART: I don't understand. There are just as many notes, Majesty, as are required. Neither more nor less.

EMPEROR: My dear fellow, there are in fact only so many notes the ear can hear in the course of an evening. I think I'm right in saying that, aren't I, Court Composer?

SALIERI: Yes! yes! er, on the whole, yes, Majesty.

MOZART: But this is absurd!

EMPEROR: My dear, young man, don't take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Cut a few and it will be perfect.

MOZART: Which few did you have in mind, Majesty?

EMPEROR: Well. There it is.

 

[Ross Dolan]

Brevity is clarity. The latter can't occur without the former.

Horse shit!

 

[Legion]

Most don't bother, with you.

You mean they cannot producer any evidence to substantiate their undeserved boasts, cum gargler.

 

[Fentoine Lum]

You mean they cannot producer any evidence to substantiate their undeserved boasts, cum gargler.

I mean it's not worth it because all you're here to do is shit up threads.

 

[Legion]

I mean it's not worth it because all you're here to do is shit up threads.

Frank made a claim and failed to substantiate it, gum gargler.

 

[Fentoine Lum]

Frank made a claim and failed to substantiate it, gum gargler.

Did you hear Manafort's guilty? Would you like to tell everyone how you feel about that?

 

[Legion]

Did you hear Manafort's guilty? Would you like to tell everyone how you feel about that?

Evasion is not persuasion, cum gargler. Can you link to Frank's alleged disputation of SG's points?

I'll understand if you can't, naturally.

 

[Gotcha68]

You use more than you need. Why use 100 words for something you can explain with ten?

No different than you leaving comment after comment after comment about how wordy she is. Pot meet kettle. You could say in one comment what you have said in a dozen.

 

[Life is Golden]

No different than you leaving comment after comment after comment about how wordy she is. Pot meet kettle. You could say in one comment what you have said in a dozen.

Totally different.

 

[Fentoine Lum]

Evasion is not persuasion, cum gargler. Can you link to Frank's alleged disputation of SG's points?

I'll understand if you can't, naturally.

Why would I engage with you on stupid shit like that when you can't even handle Frank?